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CATTERBIANCA. The tomcat bold stood on the fence. Whence all bot bim had fled. With howls the atmosphere was deose Swift 3wear-words flew o'erbead. Yet beautiful and bright be stood As bom to rule the storm A Thomas of heroic mood, A proud-though battered form. The boots flew fast-he held his ground And dodged 'em, cringing low, Till all around they made a mound High in the moonlight's glow. And books and lamps and picture-frames Went wizzing toro' the air Io vaiu-a charmed life he bore As he sat shrieking there. The old mau raced, the old mao sweared, The'Thom&s still song bland. Then to the window forth he fared The wash-bowl in bis band. He gav* one look--good aim he took He hurled it%traigbt and true The siter,t stars with terror shook As through the air it flew. There came a crash of thunder sound The tom, O where was be ! Ask of the sausage-man who scooped That Thomas cat with g}ee As? of thal aged gent who ate Bia erstwhile foe for tea. A?OHTMOUS. Guarding an Indian Reser? vation? A Strange Event of Recent Indian History. Mr, Editor: As your readers know, the words "Indian reservation" signi? fies a body of land owned and occu? pied by Indians. The newspapers recently made mention of a strict guard .being placed around one of these reservations. My readers have probably pictured to themselves an Indiau reservation in the "far West" where the warriors were dancing the war dance and preparing to use the scalping knife ; such an idea as this is erroneous ? -this reservation is not in the fer West, on the contrary it is not only in the thirteen original States, but in the very oldest State of them al)-Virginia. The guard was placed, not to keep down an Indian up-rising, but tc keep a dreaded disease from spreading. This disease was the small pox and the Indians are the Pamuokey tribe. The last account which I saw. (dated Jan. 3) about the matter, mentioned that the city of Richmond ' was "quarantined against Lester Manor and White House, the two stations on the York River Railroad nearest the infected territory." Continuing, the account said, "No freight, pas? sengers or express wiH be received for Richmond from these stations. A strict guard has been placed around the reservation." Guarding an Indian reservation where there is disease, to keep the disease from spreading, is a good plan, but, so far as I am aware, it is something new in the history of the red race, and it seems strange to read that this event has recently occurred in that State which was the first settled of the English colonies in North America. MCDONALD FURMAN. Ramsey, Jan. 17, 1895. From The Boston Education Magasine. General Marion's Wife. Br MCDONALD FORMAN. The Revolutionary struggle, with its battles and trials, was over. Poverty stared General Francis Mar? ion in * the face ; during the war bis property had wasted away until it was. much reduced:. He was appoint* ed commandant of Fort Johnson, with a liberal salary, but legislative re formers reduced the salary to five hun? dred dollars a y ea ;. 'the General had never married, ani just at this time, when he was ia poverty and getting o?d, occurred the romance of his life. Mary Videau was a wealthy Huguenot lady, whose years already numbered over forty. She was yet single, and ad? miring the batchelor warrior, she delicately expressed a desire to some friends to become his wife. The p;eo.saut sequel tu this little romance ? was that they were married, and to ose the language of the dear old fairy stories, "lived happily until they j died." After his marriage, Genera! Marion led the life of a quiet, hospita-! ble Southern gentleman. Iiis death occurred in 1795, and his last words were an iudex to his lofty character. ; "Thank God," he said, "I can lay my hand upon my heart and say, that: since 1 came to man's estate I have ; never intentionally done wrong to any one." General Marion had no children, but adopted a grandson of his brother Isaac as his son and left him his property. The name of this adopted son was Francis Dwight, but he chaDged it to Francis Marion. A granddaughter of his (in the female' line) is the wife of Dr. Ellison Capers, | Episcopal bishop of South Carolina ' During the Confederate war he waa a Brigadier General in the Southern army, and was wounded no le?s than three times during that struggle. Ile ! entered the ministry of the P. E. j Church after the war. Below, are nice longest words in the English language at the present writing: Sobcoostttutionalist. Incomprehensibility. Philoprogeottifteness. Ht; D C r i ficihi ?it s? i o i t y. AotfcropopoagfiDeoari&ii. Disproportionab?eoeas, Velocipedeetmais ticsL TraaMubftaQtiatiooableDeM. Proadtiuaasabstaatiatioaitt. Capt. Courtenay's Dream Realized. The public records commiesion and the newly organized historic com? miesion met in Columbia last night. The public records commission is made up of Secretary of State Tompkins, j ex-officio chairman, Chief Justice Mciver, Judge Benet, Capt. W. A. Courtenay and Prof. R. Means Davis. The commission bas done excellent and affective work during its exist? ence and bas just received the last of the transcriDt of records from the public records office in London THE HISTORIC COMMISSION ORGANIZED. The historic commission, which is to succeed the public records com? mission as soon as it has wound up its business, was organized and will take charge of the work as outlined in the recent Act of the Legislature. Tbe new board consists of Secretary of State Tompkins, ex-officio chairman, Chief Justice Mciver, Capt Courte? nay, Prof. lt. M. Davis, Judge Benet and Mr. J. E. Tindal. The historic commission is to be a permanent organ? ization, which is expected to collect matters relating to the history of the State. It might incidentally be men? tioned that all of the members of the commission act entirely \oluntarily and do not receive even their expen? ses while here. The commission re? ceived a letter from Mr. Sainsbury, who has beeu in charge of the work of copying the papers. He writes : LONDON, December 8,1894. Dear Sir : I have the honor to re? port that I have this day taken to the United States embassy my thirty fifth and last parcel of transcripts of South Carolina records, completing the colonial history of your State, and the great work entrusted to me by th% public records commission of South Carolina. I have thought it advisable to inclade the original re? cords to the year 1782. There are but few and they are of great inter? est. Of course I have not dealt with jhe military correspondence and also the valuable "orders in council,'' chiefly relating to appointments of officials of the South Carolina Gov? ernment, which I have selected from that series in this department; so that I can say conscientiously and to the best of my belief that the people of South Carolina have now within their reach the means of studying one of the most attractive and valua histories of any colony in the world, I cannot bring this letter to a close without expressing my hearty and respectful sense of the unvary? ing courtesy and kind consideration shown to me by yourself sud the other public record commis? sioners of South Carolina throughout the progress of this work during the past three years. Tue encourage? ment, both public and private, which I have received I am deeply grateful for, and shall always cherish the re? membrance of. I will only add that I am truly thankful that the good wishes of the South Carolina commis? sion have been realized, and that I have been spared to complete this valuable and necessary work for the people of South Carolina. W*ith high regard and respect. Yours very faithfully, W. NOEL SAINSBURY. Mr. Tindal will prepare a reply in which the board will express its thanks to Mr. Sainsbury for his very satisfactory and complete work. Both of the boards have adjourned subject to che call of the chairman The next work of the board is to have the volumes now on hand pro? perly indexed. The Price of Horses. During the past week, there was a ouoiber of horses and mules disposed of through the Atlaota market, and the indications are, so the dealer* say, that j the trade is fast rushing back into its old time channels, and that soon there will be more activity than for many j weeks past. Tbe horses sold consisted mainly of plugs and they were sold at sueh extremely low prices that, auy one eoald afford to buy While these horses were not good for either the j saddle, buggy or carriage, they were ; just such as would be suitable for light : or heavy work. Crawford & Pasley, of Thooasville, bought twenty-five head of mules here ; this week They paid ?1,100 for the eutire lo: and seut them to Thoiuasville to be sold again. The "snake hunters"' bit it rich hore during the pa>t week. Several of them were here ami thc crowd ran up against Mr. fleury Johnson, who sold them rive head of horses for the paltry sum of $82 50. Crawford & Pasley, while buying here during the week, bought, twenty two head of horses from Mr. W. W. ; Buchauau The horses brought $1,- | 300 and were snipped to Thomaston. j J. F. Houze, of Abbeville, South , Carolina, wa* here duriug the week, ; aud purchased from Messrs. Stewart & Bowden, eighteeu mules. They paid ?1,400 for the entire lot, and sent them to Abbeville, where they are to be dis- ; posed of. Twenty-one mules were sold during j the week to Mr. O. D. Williams, of Fort Falley, The load cost him $1,-1 215, and were sent to Fort Valley. Mr. L. Weil, of Rockingham, South Carolina, bought twenty-four mules j here during the week. He paid $1,300 j for the lot.-Atlanta Constitution. The patella, or knee pas, projects in froot of the knee to afford a proper fal? er am for some of tbe mas?les of motion. The Great Street Car Strike. The Situation Serious. BROOKLYN, Jan. 20 -There was LO change io the strike situation here to-day. Up to ooon, the companies bad made no effort to start cars on any of the lines which were expected to be opened to-day and but few on those they have in operation. Large crowds gathered io the vicinity of the various depots, but most of the persons com? posing them were sightseers and they gave the police and militia but little trouble. Mayor Schieren took hold of the strike with new determination to-day. Public indignation at repeated distur? bances io spite of police and militia, and public discomfort due to the fail? ure of the compaoies to restore the operation of their roads eveo with the aid of police and troops, stirred him to action. He sent for the strike leaders and aiso for the railroad presidents and held protracted conferences. Nothing was accomplished that brings (he strike any nearer settlement. The mayor sent out the following official statement covering the matter at 4 p. m. : .'An effort was made to-day to ascer? tain if an adjustment could be effected in the interest of public convenience and safety, by which all surface rail? roads could be restored to immediate operation. To this end the mayor had conferences with Messrs. Connelly, Best and Giblin, representing the former employees of the railroads, and later with various representatives of the companies, including Messrs. Lewis, Norton and Wicker. The effort was without result. Corporation Counsel McDonald and Commissioner White were present at the conferences. Mr. Connelly later gave out the proposition that the men made to the mayor. It was that the companies restore to their pay rolls all men whotwere in their employ January l^and the mayor to appoint a committee to whom both sides could submit their case aud the committee to decide who is to remaio in the employ of the roads and at what terms. The men made no condition requiring the discharge of the men employed to fill their places." This proposition was rejected by the presidents of the companies. Mayor Schieren after the failure of his at? tempted arbitration, decided that the situation was becoming grave. He im? mediately held a consultation with Brig. Gen. M'cLeer, and at b o'clock gaye out the following as an addition to his former statement : '.'.Under the existing circumstances, it has become necessary to secure ad? ditional protection io order to operate more of the surfaces Hues. The mayor bas since conferred with Gen. McLeer, and has osado a request on the Gover? nor for additional troops. These will doubtless be on duty promptly. "It is a time when the gathering of people on the streets is to be avoided, and the police have been ordered and the militia requested to prevent any crowds from gathering, and to keep loiterers off the streets. At 6 o'clock the mayor issued the following proclamation : "To the Citizens of Brooklyn and the j Public Generally : "in the name of the people of the State of New York, I, Charles A. Schieren, mayor of the city of Brook? lyn, do hereby require all persons with? in the limits of the city to refrain from unnecessary assembling io the streets, squares or in public places of the city during its present disturbed condition and until quiet is restored, and I here? by give notice that the police have been ordered and the militia requested to disperse any unlawful assemblage "I exhort all persons to assist io the observance of this request. .'CHARLES A. SCHIEBEN. "January 20, 1895." The wires on the Fulton street line were out in several places early this morning. The first cut was made at. 2:35 a. m. at Stone avenue and Fulton street on the down town track An? other cut occurred at 5 a. m. on the j up town linc at Sackman street and later the down town line was again cut. At 1:30 p. m., a crowd of 2,000 per sons congregated on Bergen street be tween Vanderbilt avenue and Classon ! avenue. A car was stopped and the motorman taken off. The car was stoned by the mob, who also placed heavy stones on the track. The re? serves were ordered to the spot and ! soon restored order There was a dis? turbance almost in the shadow of the I first precinct station, at 2:o0 p. m. A car of the Seventh avenue Hue lost its ? grip on the trolley for a moment and a crowd assembled in an instant. Thc : motorman was threatened with vio lenee by the crowd. Two or three po- ! licemcn who were pr -?*nt. attempted' to drive the crowd back Officer Har? rington was struck in the face by a j big Swede. He attempted to arrest the man and the crowd rushed to the res? cue of the prisoner. The police whis? tled for help, the reserves fell over each other, getting out of the station bouse and the Swede was finally ar- j rested. He gave his name as Andrew Lundell. A crowd of toughs on the Bergen street Bluffs, stoned the cars of that ' line and caused considerable trouble all the afternoon. The police charged the crowd, which numbered several hun dred and arrested a man named Gal? lagher. Clubs were used freely for a while. The Bluff was finally cleared and 150 policemen stationed there on patrol duty. Tbe Ninth avenue brauch of Preit dent Norton's Atlantic avenue system, did not accomplish much in the line of operating cars to-day. One car was started out from the depot at the Twentieth street and Ninth avenue. It got as far as the Plaza, when the mo? torman was induced by the strikers to desert. He did so and the car got no further. No other cars were run. The strikers claim that ten of the new men employed by the company deserted to? day. 8,000 Bayonets Bristle in The City of Spires. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-The first bri-1 gade under command of General Louis Fitzgerald, ordered to Brook? lyn by Governor Morton to suppress the riots caused by the trolley car strikers, arrived in Brooklyn early ibis morning. There are over 4,600 men in this brigade. The Ninth Regiment of 700 men were the first troops to cross East River to Brook? lyn, leaving this city shortly after 5 o'clock. The Twenty-second v"%\ ment, 600 strong, followed shortly after and by 9 o'clock, the whole brigade had started for Brooklyn Before the first brigade was order? ed under arms, there were about 3,000 troops in the Second Brigade on duty in Brooklyn These with the soldiers of General Fitzgerald's j command, either in arms now, or who j will reach their regiments during the day, will, it is estimated, form an army of between 7,000 and 8,000 men, which ought to give the trolley railroads ample protection for the running of their cars. i MAKING LITTLE HEADWAY. BROOKLYN*, Jan 21.-President Lewis of the Brooklyn heights com- j pany, stated late this afternoon that I about 145 cars were running, an in? crease of thirty-five over the num- [ ber running yesterday. He stated that they were just starting to run j cars on the Gates Avenue line and seemed sanguine of being successful. When questioned as to his satisfac? tion with the protection afforded by the militia and police, he said that he *?ras fully satisfied with the protec tion given by the former. When ojiestioned closer regarding the pro? jection given by the police, he said, j after a pause, that he is satisfied with the protection given by both. Presi? dent Lewis later gave a detail list of cars in operation as follows : Court street, 30 cars ; Flat Bash Avenue. 40 ; Putuam and Halsey, 40; Fulton street, 35; total, 145. The total number of cars usually operated by President Lewis's sys? tem is 1,140 President Norton of the Atlantic avenue system, stated to-night that he bad operated cars as follows to? day : Fifth avenue, 28 ; Seventh avenue, 17 ; Bergen street 12 ; Van? derbilt avenue 6 ; total 63. President Wicker of the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban System had 18 cars running ot? the Sumner avenue line and six on the Broad? way line. The latter were all run ! between 4 and 6 p. m. in all about 230 cars moved in the city of Brook I lyn to day. The number in opera- j tion before the strike was 1,900. In the 230 cars run are included cars which did not start until after 4 p m., and which stopped after 6 o'clock. TROOPS UNDER FIRE BROOKLYN, Jan. 21.-The Seventh regiment was under fire at a few minutes before 6 o'clock this even? ing. Shots were fired from the ! crowd at the militia and several volleys were fired by the troops- over the heads of the mob So far as known the only man injured was Pri? vate Ennis of Company H He was wonnded by a shot from the crowd. The troops engaged were six com? panies of the Seventh regiment. They were under command of Major Abrams and were guarding the I streets leading to the Ridgewood j depot of the Greene and Gates Branch of the Brooklyn city line A car on the Fifth avenue line started from Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street shortly after 4 : o'clock. At about three blocks from the depot, it was surrounded by a mob A detachment o? the Thir? teenth regiment under Major Coch? rane charged the mob with fixed bayonets and the crowd scatter? ed August Brown received a bayo net wound in the hip. He was taken to a neighboring drug store and was treated there, after which he went horne. At 6 o'clock to-night, a feed wire was cut on the Bergen Street railroad, between Rogers and Nos? trand avenues. Patrolman Coli ins, wli!) was riding on a car, saw four men run and give chase He arrest: ed Edwin Duggan, who was recog? nized as a motorman on the Sachett Street railroad. At 6.15 o'clock, a mob of over 1, 000 men surrounded a Gate avenue car at Nostrand avenue. Sticks and stones were thrown and shots were tired by men in the crowd. The reserves from the Ninth precinct station house, hurried to the scene. After some trouble and hard fighting in which three policemen were seriously injured, the mob ecattered Officer Lewis Shakelton sustained a fracture of the skull. Officers Den? nis, Burke and James L Coolihau | were injured, but less seriously. They j were hit on the heads by stones, j crockery and other missiles, thrown j from house tops. Late this afternoon Elmer Van Dyke, 25 years of age, of New York, | a. member of the Seventh regiment, fell from the second story of the 4th regiment armory, causing a com? pound fracture of the skull. Ile was removed to Scmey Hospital. Van Dyke was under arrest for in? toxication and had been placed in the temporary guard room from which he tried to make his escape by loweiing j himself by means of a rope made i from Iiis underclothes. The rope parted and he fell with the result as ; above stated. Notwithstanding the numerous out? breaks in different parts of the city, the number of arrests for disorderly conduct were but few. AFRAID OF THE DARK. The presidents of car companies who announced positively last night that they would operate their lines until midnight to-night, began to weaken before 6 o'clock. The officials of the Bergen Street line said they had concluded to stop their cars at 9 o'clock. President Lewis sent word to police headquarters /nat be would stop his cars at 8 o'clock. President Wicker said nothing, but hustled his cars into the car houses as soon after dark as he could. The rain mixed with fog which prevailed all day, made the night one of pitch darkness, except where the electric lights made objects visible a few feet away." The troops had a most disagreeable job in the rain and fog and there was no certainty as to tue precise moment when bricks and stones wo ld emerge from the gloom and whizz unplea? santly close to he guardsman's head. In East New York, in South Brook? lyn and in other inviting neighbor? hoods, where car stables were located and strikers and hoodlums abounded, the soldiers had plenty trouble. The many disturbances that occurred between 4 and 8 o'clock, by which time the cars had stopped operations, showed that the change of plans on the part of the presidents was a wise one. AtS. 15 o'clock this evening, Thomas Larkin, 24 years old, of No. 259 Third Avenue, was arrested for assault on Patrolman Charles McCue. McCue was trying to disperse a gang of men when Larkin struck him, knocking him down. With the as sistance of soldiers, Larkin was locked up. SYMPATHY WITH STRIKERS. The board of supervisors, of the county of Kings met this afternoon aud adopted by a unanimous vote the following preamble and resolutions : .'Whereas, The managers and directors of the various railroad com? panies, whose employees are now on a strike, have been claiming that had they the proper military and police protection, they could operate their lines ; and " Whereas, The claims of the com? panies in this respect are not based on fact, as the action of the mayor in sympathy with the employers has demonstrated ; therefore, be it "Resolved. That the board of supervisors, believing that the pur? pose of the mayor was to expose the pr?tentions of the company, hereby expresses its approval of the determination to utilize the failure of the companies to operate their cars as an argument before the Attorney General for the annulment of their respective charters ; and be it further "Resolved, That this board hereby expresses its sympathy with the em? ployees and calls upon all officials with power in the premises to aid them in establishing their rights to a fair day's pay for a fair day's labor." CAUSES OF THE STRIKE. ALBANY, N, Y., Jan. 21.-Tue State board of mediation and arbi? tration met this afternoon and adopt? ed a special report in the Brooklyn trolley strike, which was submitted to the Legislature to day. They say, in part : "A 6trike of the em? ployees on the five electric service street railways of the City of Brook? lyn, who are members of District Assembly No. 75, Knights of Labor, embracing nearly ail the operating forces, took place on Monday morn? ing, January 14. The Coney Island and Biooklyn Railroad Company alone affected a settlement which enabled it to continue business with? out interruption. This board made every possible effort io settle the differences between the other com? panies and their employees, but was successful only in the case of Brook? lyn City and Newton Railroad Com? pany, with which and its former employees, an agreement was brought about and contract signed, under which traffic was resumed Thursday morning and still contin ues without interruption. "Investigation ot the causes of the strike was made, and it was outid that it proceeded from failure on the part of thc executive com? mittee of District Assembly, No. 75, Knights of Labor, to effect a renewal of the contract of 1894 with the companies for 1S95 with certain pro? posed changes which involved prin? cipally au advance of wages from $2 to $2.25 per day to conductors and motormen who form the bulk of the employees; an establishment of the proportion of prominent regular unions for special trips made for con? gested travel at certain times of day, and an observance of the statute which prescribes ten hours' labor performed within twelve consecutive hours on street railways ss a day's work. The demaud for an increase of wages W3S finally withdrawn, and the other two points of difference, which the men deemed vital, remained in ?he cases of the Brooklyn Heigbtfi and At? lantic avenue companies, while the Queens County and Suburban Com? pany was willing to yield them, but could not effect a settlement because of individual contracts made with new men, and to this the executive board of District Assembly, No. 75, would not assent. "However, the existing troubles on the Brooklyn Street Railroad may be settled, the statute with regard to the hours of labor will, unless amended so as to explicitly state and settle what shall constitute ten hours' j labor, remain a constant irritant and , source of dissatisfaction 2,nd conten i tion on the part of the employees, j The companies construe and en ? force the words "ten hours labor" to I mean labor while the cars ;ire moving upon the rail, without taking into accouut waiting time at either end of the routes. Thus, by the evidence taken, it was shown that upon one . line where there were eight regular ? runs a day, there was waiting time J of three minutes at each end, making j 48 minutes per day, during which j the conductors and motermen were j on duty and in charge of their cars, but for which they received no com? pensation. However, thin method of computation of time of labor came to be established, it is (dearly not within the terms of int3nt of the I law, and is not just, as the employees contend. With a view therefore, to removal of this cause of the present strike and prevention of its agency in working further trouble on lines of street railroad, it is suggested that chapter 529 of the laws of 1887 be amended so as to prescribe that the j "ten hours labor to be performed I withiu consecutive hours, with i reasonable time for meals," provided i for a day's labor, shall commence j when the employee reports for j service as required by the rules of j the employer and cease when the i employee, upon their expiration, is j relieved from duty for the day. A Storm in the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-uWhen the gentleman says I believed the lost cause to be right, he slandered me. I know that cause was right." With these words uttered by Mr. Jones (Dem.) of Virginia, on the floor of the House to-ni^bt, closed another and almost riotous discos sion, growing ont of proposed pen? sion legislation. The immediate cause of the outbreak tc -night was the blocking of the bills to increase the pension of tbe widow of General Abner Doubleday, and ito pension another widow who had performed services as a nurse during the war, by the parliamentary opposition of Mr. Jones. Mr. Cooper (Dem.) of indiana, with considerable temper, charged Mr. Jones with a lack of chivalry in thua opposing measures for the benefit of the fair sex. Mr. Jones responded with warmth that he was not fighting women. I "What I am fighting for," he said, "is equality before the law and against the granting of large pensions to the rich, powerful and influential." "? question the motives of the gen? tleman from Virginia," shouted Mr. Cooper. "His opposition to these pension bills71 believe, ia actuated by the sentiment expressed by him last Friday night, when he said he was proud of the cause he had fought for in the trenches, though he has taken an oath now to support the flag that floats above your bead. Mr. Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas, Mr. Cox (Dem.) of Tennessee, and Moses (Dem.) of Georgia, took part in the colloquy. Epithets were bandied about and. for a little time it looked as if a persona! conflict m ight ensue, j Mr. Simpson said he was not only j surprised but ashamed that a man j from the South should come here and I say as Mr. Jones had said that he j still believed in the los1: cause-a I cause founded on slavery, j Getting the floor, ostensibly to ask 1 Mr. Simpson a question, Mr. Talbert (Dem.) of South Carolina, whose con? troversies with Mr. Pickier on pen? sion nights earlier in this Congress were the relieving features of those sessions, made a violent speech, de? spite the utmost endeavors of the chair (Mr Bretz Dem, ot Indiana) I to rap bim to order. Ile ranged up and down the centre a sie, wildly gesticulating and shouting loudly, ile deprecated, he said, the con? tinued appeal to sectional passions, but he noticed that they usually came from those who were invisible in war and invincible in peace. l,As to the lost cause,'7 he said, "it s the ever? lasting cause, and cannot be lost, because it is the cause of liberty. Under the same circumstances," he continued, shaking his fist in a de? fiant manner at the Republican side, "ami for the same reason the men who fought them then would again. You can like that or you can lump it. I love the cause to day as much as I did when a boy, I bared my bosom to your battlefields of Virginia." It May Do as Much For You. Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving. 111., wriies that hs h:nl a Severe Kidney trouble i'or many years, with severe pains in his back an?; also that his , bladder was affected. He tried many so called : Kindey cures but without any good result. [ About a year ago he began me of Electric j Bitters ami fou&d relief at once. Electric i Bitters is especially adapted to core of all j Kidney and Li vcr trouble and often gives al? most instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price onlv 50c. for large bottle. At J. F. W. DeLormeV. 6